John Kershaw

John Kershaw (12 September 1765-4 August 1829) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-SC 9) from 4 March 1813 to 3 March 1815, preceding William Mayrant. He was the father of Confederate general Joseph B. Kershaw.

Biography
John Kershaw was born in Camden, South Carolina in 1765, the son of one of the town's founders. He became a lawyer and planter, and he served in the State House from 1792 to 1794 and from 1800 to 1801, as Mayor of Camden in 1798, 1801, 1811, and 1822, as Justice of Quorum from Kershaw County in 1806, and as a member of the US House of Representatives from 1813 to 1815. He died in 1829.